Rockleigh, New Jersey-based True World Foods San Francisco LLC has paid USD 50,000 (EUR 42,107) in fines to the California state government related to charges it illegally sold and distributed detached skate fins.
However, the company said it did not knowingly violate state laws.
Earlier this year, the District Attorney of San Mateo County notified True World that it had illegally sold and distributed detached skate fins. The California Department of Fish and Wildlife investigated company records, which revealed its import of 73 packages of dried skate meat from Japan. The company sold the packages to one customer in California between June 2013 and October 2014…